Israel's Top Spy Travels to New York to Brief Trump on Middle East

Valerie Locke : Dec 19, 2016
Breaking Israel News

Many pro-Israel groups believe the future Trump administration will represent a sea change for US-Israel relations, which, while always close, cooled during Obama's tenure.

(New York, NY)—[Breaking Israel News] The head of the Mossad, Israel's international intelligence agency, traveled to New York to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's staff for an intelligence briefing on Middle East issues last week, reported Ynet News. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/via BIN)

Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, accompanied by a high-ranking security delegation from Israel, briefed Trump's team on the Iranian nuclear deal, Syria's civil war, terror threats in the region, and the Palestinian conflict. The meeting, not highly publicized, was discreetly arranged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer was also present at the briefing, which took place at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

Also on the agenda was an appeal by the Israeli delegation requesting Trump help oppose a UN Security Council resolution due to come up for a vote before Trump's inauguration. The resolution labels communities in Judea and Samaria illegal and in effect calls on the international community to boycott Israel.

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